Spread one : people come to the desert (10,000 B.C. to 300 B.C.) -- Spread two : basketmakers (250 A.D.) -- Spread three : cliff dwellers (1200s) -- Spread four : Spaniards arrive (1500s) -- Spread five : ranching (1850s) -- Spread six : roads cross the desert (early 1900s) -- Spread seven : towns spring up (1930s) -- Spread eight : desert cities bloom (1970s) -- Spread nine : clean energy (2000s).
Summary
"Compares and contrasts the way people lived in a North American desert over the course of centuries"-- Provided by publisher.